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Title
Map of the City of Los Angeles showing railway system Jan. 8th 1906, June 1st 1906, Jan. 1st 1907, Aug. 16th 1907
Contributor
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927, former owner
Date Created and/or Issued
1907
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
Oversized material. Use of original requires approval and extended retrieval and delivery time. May require special handling instructions.
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Shows streets and electric streetcar lines. The streetcar lines for Los Angeles Railway Company, Pacific Electric Railway Company, Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway, Los Angeles Pacific Railway Co. and the Los Angeles & Redondo Railway Co. are depicted in different colors. Covers the city of Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Country Club to the West, Slauson Ave. to the South, the Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights to the East, and Elysian Park to the North. Scale statement on map reads "1320 feet to one inch." Coordinates not present on map, approximated from Google maps. Relief given in hachures. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. With stamp of Pacific Electric Railway Co. Chief Engineer's Office, instructing "return No. ---- to Drafting Room". Marked "Office Copy" in pencil on lower left corner. Printed date "Nov. ... 190[?]" in blue ink above the ownership stamp has been partially erased. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.
Extent
1 map : color ; 90 x 84 cm on sheet 99 x 89 cm.
Identifier
646645
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/16040
Subject
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.)--Maps
Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles--Maps
Electric railroads--California--Los Angeles--Maps
Maps. (rbgenr)
Place
North America
United States
California
Los Angeles
W 118°19'35"
W 118°09'52"/N 34°07'27"
N 33°59’10”

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